<?PHP /** * This example shows how XML_Serializer and XML_Unserializer * work together. * * A structure is serialized and later it's unserialized from the * resulting XML document. * * @author Stephan Schmidt <schst@php.net> */ error_reporting(E_ALL); require_once 'XML/Serializer.php'; require_once 'XML/Unserializer.php'; // this is just to get a nested object $pearError = PEAR::raiseError('This is just an error object',123); $options = array( XML_SERIALIZER_OPTION_INDENT => ' ', XML_SERIALIZER_OPTION_LINEBREAKS => "\n", XML_SERIALIZER_OPTION_DEFAULT_TAG => 'unnamedItem', XML_SERIALIZER_OPTION_TYPEHINTS => true ); $foo = new stdClass(); $foo->value = 'My value'; $foo->error = $pearError; $foo->xml = array('This is' => 'cool'); $foo->resource = fopen(__FILE__, 'r'); $serializer = new XML_Serializer($options); $result = $serializer->serialize($foo); if ($result === true) { $xml = $serializer->getSerializedData(); } echo '<pre>'; echo htmlspecialchars($xml); echo '</pre>'; // be careful to always use the ampersand in front of the new operator $unserializer = &new XML_Unserializer(); $status = $unserializer->unserialize($xml); if (PEAR::isError($status)) { echo 'Error: ' . $status->getMessage(); } else { $data = $unserializer->getUnserializedData(); echo '<pre>'; print_r($data); echo '</pre>'; } ?>